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It happened on a… June 6

2018

French man announced to have won France’s €1 million My Lottery (EuroMillions) for the second time in 2 years, with odds of 1 in 16 trillion.

LeBron James eclipses Michael Jordan’s record (109) for most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in Cleveland Cavaliers’ 110-102 Game 3 Finals loss to Golden State Warriors.

2002

“The Bourne Identity” directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon premieres in Los Angeles, California.

1998

TV sitcom “Sex and the City” premieres in the US on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.

1984

Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is released.

1972

David Bowie releases his breakthrough album “The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”.

1968

U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.

1965

Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

1962

The Beatles meet their producer George Martin “The Fifth Beatle.”

1951

1st Berlin International Film Festival opens.

1946

The Basketball Association of America was formed in New York City, NY, and rebranded as the National Basketball Association (1946–47)

1944

The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.

1925

Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation.

1912

The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

1882

Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, NYC.

1821

Laying of cornerstone of Montreal General Hospital.

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